National Economic Empowerment Council (NEEC) is a Government Agency established by an Act No. 16 of 2004 as a way forward to speed up the process of empowering the Tanzanians economically. The Council is charged with the responsibilities of facilitating designing, planning, supervising, monitoring and evaluation and coordinating all economic empowerment activities. It is also charged with mobilizing resources and managing special funds for economic empowerment activities. Economic Empowerment is one of the vehicles to achieve the MKUKUTA, the MDG and ultimately the Vision 2025.